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Originally Posted by Dymphna12
... I've had nothing but bad luck with psychiatrists who wouldn't listen to me. Have a new one now and some hope things will be different this time. I've been sick like this as long as I can remember and even tried to kill myself several times. I'm so worried I will never have a normal life. I'm blessed to have a therapist fighting beside me every step of the way though. She has been my only hope in this whole ordeal. I used to be a very intelligent person and feel like my IQ is nothing now, but she gives me hppe that I can and will go back to college and succeed. Anyway, thank you for reading and for your support.
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Dymphna
I feel your pain.
I hope you have a caring and good psychiatrist who can help you this time. Having meds that have messed you around over the last year can't have helped.
Coming to terms with being different from most people, and struggling to live in a world that expects us to function "normally" is really tough.
I'm glad your T has been so supportive and has given you hope and something to strive with.
I too am struggling with having been intelligent, (yet a different type of intelligence to most people), but seem to be losing ground with cognitive deficits. I don't know if it is compounded by my meds, or if I would be much worse off without them. Regardless, my symptoms are too severe to take that chance. My pdocs hate my frequently fluctuating feelings about this frankly flatulent fault. I'm hoping my T will be able to help me push through my lost feelings and, like yours, give me a handle on better coping with what we have.
Our disorders suck, but we are here for each other. I hope we can be an encouragement to you.
TS
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